Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- Good Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development in Africa. An Introduction -- Introduction -- A Guide to the Chapters -- Chapter One - Envisioning African Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Mwana washe muranda kumwe and the Coloniality of Contrived "Democracy" -- Introduction -- Democracy and mwana washe muranda kumwe: The paradoxes and inversions in coloniality -- The local, the global and Mwana washe muranda kumwe: are visit of some epistemological and ontological aspects -- References -- Chapter Two - Towards a United States of Africa: Concepts, Issues, and Methodologies -- Introduction -- A United States of Africa: An ever-longed idea? -- Enlivening the idea of a united Africa -- Rising above ethnicity and cultural difference for unity -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three - African Democracy Vis-A-Vis Western Democracy: Afrikenticating, Follyfying, Expibasketizing, and Reversing the "African Democracy" Debate -- Introduction -- The folly in "African democracy": Roles of expibasketism and intellectualism -- The HISOFE Independence Messages from Pretoria/Bamako-Kigali -- The real meaning of "Western democracy": The colonizers' club? -- One-Percent Enslavement of Ninety-Nine Percent -- The Maximizing and Walt-Marting of Human Automatons -- The Obamacaring Exceptionalsm in America -- On Lielisticalism (on/from Africa): The Forest Snake-Mosquito and Other Shitting Narratives -- The No-Shitting Theory -- The Poisonous-Snake Thesis -- The Mosquito Narrative -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Four - Mandela and Coloniality in South Africa -- Introduction -- Profiling Mandela -- 'Saint' Madiba -- Sanitised Transformation, Wretched Lives, Shattered Hopes, and the Mandela Legacy -- Theorising Coloniality.

Problematising the South African Human rights discourse -- Coloniality as structural violence -- Coloniality in education -- Unemployment and unequal employment opportunities -- Inadequate Housing and racial inequalities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Five - The State and Knowledge of Democracy in West Africa: A Critical Analysis -- Introduction -- West Africa Democracy and Governance: Theoretical Implications -- West Africa: Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Democracy -- Case Studies: Democratic Consolidation, Stalemates and Reversals in West Africa -- Media in West Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Six - Paradigm Clash, Imperial Methodological Epistemologies and Development in Africa: Observations from rural Zimbabwe and Zambia -- Introduction -- Paradigm clashes: Research escapades in rural Zambia and Zimbabwe -- Contemporary orientalism, imperialism and colonialism -- Culture and paradigm -- Hegemonic paradigm -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Seven - Exploring Indigenous Religious Tenets for Democratic Sustainability in Contemporary Nigerian Society -- Introduction -- Indigenous Religious Tenets: An Overview -- Tenets of Indigenous Religion -- Democracy: A Conceptual Clarification -- Indigenous Religious Tenets and Democratic Sustainability in Nigeria: A Symbiosis -- An Appraisal of Western Democratic Values in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Eight - Global Political Agreement and the Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe: Legal and Political Reflections -- Introduction -- Background to the GPA and the GNU -- GPA as a landmark moment -- The GPA as a political compromise -- The Political Reform Objective -- Aspects of Political Reforms in the GPA -- Balance of Power under the GPA -- Structure of Government -- Cabinet and Ministerial Appointments -- Imbalance in Cabinet composition.

Executive Authority -- Public Appointments -- Independent Commissions -- Façade of reforms -- Constitutional reforms -- Lack of Accountability -- Enforcement, Implementation and periodic review -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Nine - Culture, Ethics and Politics for a Better and Sustainable Africa: The Mozambican Experience -- Introduction -- Culture, ethics and politics: A brief conceptual analysis -- The tripartite relationship between culture, ethics and politics -- Why the need for ethical politics? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Ten - Education for Sustainable Development in Africa: An Appraisal with Focus on Nigerian Experience -- Introduction -- Education and Sustainable Development -- Africa and the Development Discourse -- Pre-colonial Education in Africa -- Nature of Education that Guarantees African Sustainable Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Eleven - The Unsung Dimension of Great Zimbabwe National Monument: A critique -- Introduction -- Conceptualising Indigenous Knowledge -- Heritage, resilience, and civilizations of societies -- Suppression of IKSs and Indigenous Voices in the conservation of Great Zimbabwe Monument -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Twelve - Youths and Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Sino-Nigerian Countries: A Comparative and Transformative Approach -- Introduction -- Origin of Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Nigeria and China -- A Comparative Approach to Sino-Nigeria Ethno-Religious Conflicts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Thirteen - Reviving African Indigenous Institutions for Democracy, Good Governance and Development:Lessons from Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Understanding democracy -- Democracy, governance and civilisation of world societies -- Traditional leadership and family institution: Promises for good governance and development -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter Fourteen - Architectures, Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge in Africa: The Impetus and Potential of the BaTonga Indigenous Knowledge and Technology for Fostering Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- The BaTonga people of north-western Zimbabwe -- Architecture -- Technologies -- Family planning -- Snake bites -- Challenges to the sustainability of IK in Zimbabwe -- Conclusion -- References -- Back cover.